The Wisdom of Tea
We know that all we really have is today. The pandemic has illustrated this fact on a global scale. Our lives and the world can…
By Lema Samandar - 2 min read
Gathering Dark
When composing a cracking work of fiction, killer opening lines are an essential ingredient. The sucker-punch first words of Gathering Dark – “I looked up…
By Amy Dale - 2 min read
Homer’s The Odyssey
The COVID-19 era has seen the temporary closure of many bookstores and delayed the release of highly anticipated books. So, if social distancing and isolation…
By Amy Dale - 2 min read
The Spy and the Traitor
On a summer’s evening in Moscow, at the heart of the Cold War in July 1985, a man stands on the pavement of a busy…
By Amy Dale - 2 min read
The Medicine: A Doctor’s Notes
As a hospital general physician, Dr Hitchcock regularly holds life in her hands and fields more phone calls from anxious friends and family about their…
By Amy Dale - 2 min read
Gulpilil
In 1971, an 18-year-old Yolngu man named David Gulpilil made his debut in a film titled Walkabout and became an international sensation. Walkabout is still…
By Anastasia Kalos - 2 min read
American Dirt
Before it even hit shelves, American Dirt was an odyssey. From beginning the decade as one of the most-hyped novels, anticipation soon turned to anger…
By Amy Dale - 1 min read
The weekend
After the gut punch of The Natural Way of Things, bestselling literary fiction writer Wood returns with this calmer exploration of female friendship. While The…
By Amy Dale - 2 min read
Acid for the Children
The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ iconic bassist has released a revealing memoir.
By Kate Allman - 2 min read
Sir Frederick Jordan: Fire under the Frost
“Better than most lawyers, he understood that life was more than work and that some of its richest pleasures only began after catching the 5.15…
By Amy Dale - 2 min read
Chase Darkness with Me: how one true crime writer started solving murders
After 17 years of writing about cold cases, US investigative journalist Billy Jensen decides to solve homicides. Two catalysts push him forward.
By Anastasia Kalos - 2 min read